Because
I wanna go home, because at home I could get a decent apartment in a great neighborhood without even having a job, let alone having to provide 16 different notarized documents and getting a co-signer, because I hate New York style pizza, because everyone here is fat, because I saw a Boycott France bumper sticker on the Parkway this morning, because the number of daily Hummers I see on my commute has increased, because there are no Middle Eastern people here, because Jim's brother just bought a house for $60,000 in Chillicothe and I can't even get a condo here for twice that, because a patron called looking for wifi hotspots nearby and there just aren't any, because there are practically zero people here I'd want to be friends with and the ones I am friends with are just as unhappy with this place as I am, because I don't really see any difference between a Great Lakes beach and the Shore, except for the fact that you don't have to fork over $85 for a season pass.
posted by Christine Borne at 10:27 AM
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Even though I am away at camp outside DC I surprisingly have Internet access! It is nice being an "Education Director" (in higher ed academic parlance, an Academic Dean).
I hear your pain about finding a place to live in NYC. I had a similar problem in Johnstown insofar that nothing was available that I could afford on the meager $26,000 salary. Chillicothe sounds nice as to housing costs...but what is the actually left to do in the Mysterious Imploding State known as Ohio?
Hang in there...
Stephen, no offense but it's not the same thing. It is truly economically fucked beyond belief in the NY/NJ area. I got stories that would curl your hair--for instance, my sister paid the same amount I pay on my mortgage to rent a half of a house in sketchy Keyport. Cute, but 1 bedroom. And then her landlord built another house in the backyard.
Christine, you sound very depressed. I'm making no apologies for my birthplace, although I'd kill for decent thin crust pizza by the slice and the ocean sometimes. It's completely understandable--it's not just you who has a tough time living there. Anyway, I hope you can find some enjoyment so that you're not just toughing it out.
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